Rebon v. State

SHANNON, Judge.

Francisco Rebon, Jr., pleaded guilty to an escape charge, was adjudged guilty thereof, and was sentenced to a one-year prison term to begin at the expiration of the sentence he was then serving. He subsequently filed a motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Fla.R.Crim.P. 1, F.S.A. ch. 924 Appendix, urging that Fla.Stat., Sec. 944.40, F.S.A., under which he was convicted and sentenced, is unconstitutional. His ground for such contention, now urged on appeal from the order denying his motion, is that such statute denies him equal protection of the law by providing for…